This section is intended to provide the rules and regulations through which tracts of land may be developed through an overall unified approach rather than the traditional lot-by-lot treatment afforded to other districts in this chapter. It is intended to provide a maximum of design freedom in order to create a better living environment, by making the best use of topography and land features and by permitting the developer an opportunity to more fully utilize the physical characteristics of the site through the reduction of lot sizes, the absence of yard and bulk restrictions and the planned mixing of uses. Through the requirements of a development plan, it is the intent that property under this section will be developed through a unified design providing continuity between the various elements and ultimately leading to a better environment. This section is and should not be utilized as a device for making increased densities more acceptable without corresponding benefits or as a means of circumventing the Town’s development regulations.
(`00 Code, § 11-1101) (Ord. 2000-05, passed 6-11-01; Am. Ord. 2008-17, passed 7-28-08; Am. Ord. 2021-16, passed 1-10-22)